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  <h1 class="title">简介</h1>
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   The MaxDB PHP extension allows you to access the functionality provided by
   MaxDB 7.5.0 and above. More information about the MaxDB Database server
   can be found at <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/maxdb" class="link external">&raquo;&nbsp;http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/maxdb</a>.
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   The MaxDB PHP extension is compatible to the MySQL mysqli extension. There are only
   minor differences in the behaviour of some functions due to the differences of the
   underlying database servers, MaxDB and MySQL.
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   The main differences to mysqli are in the following functions:
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  <li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-character-set-name.html" class="function">maxdb_character_set_name()</a></span> - Returns only ascii or unicode.</li>
  <li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-get-client-info.html" class="function">maxdb_get_client_info()</a></span> - Returns a different version string.</li>
  <li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-get-client-version.html" class="function">maxdb_get_client_version()</a></span> - Returns a different version string.</li>
  <li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-get-host-info.html" class="function">maxdb_get_host_info()</a></span> - Returns localhost or hostname.</li>
  <li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-get-server-info.html" class="function">maxdb_get_server_info()</a></span> - Returns a different version string.</li>
  <li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-get-server-version.html" class="function">maxdb_get_server_version()</a></span> - Returns a different version string.</li>
  <li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-kill.html" class="function">maxdb_kill()</a></span> - Only disconnects the session.</li>
  <li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-multi-query.html" class="function">maxdb_multi_query()</a></span> - Can not handle multiple SQL statements.</li>
  <li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-next-result.html" class="function">maxdb_next_result()</a></span> - Function returns always false.</li>
  <li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-options.html" class="function">maxdb_options()</a></span> - Supports a different set of options.</li>
  <li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-report.html" class="function">maxdb_report()</a></span> - Supports a different report mode.</li>
  <li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-stat.html" class="function">maxdb_stat()</a></span> - Returns a different system status string.</li>
  <li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-stmt-store-result.html" class="function">maxdb_stmt_store_result()</a></span> - Is not necessary for MaxDB.</li>
  <li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.maxdb-store-result.html" class="function">maxdb_store_result()</a></span> - Is not necessary for MaxDB.</li>
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   Documentation for MaxDB can be found at
   <a href="http://maxdb.sap.com/documentation/" class="link external">&raquo;&nbsp;http://maxdb.sap.com/documentation/</a>.
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